Nov. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1637

(2.) In respect of the duty on fire, marine, or guarantee policies issued by any insurance company, the same shall be paid on the tenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

And notice is hereby further given that the places in each district where the said tax shall be paid shall be any post office within such district which is also a money-order office, except in the district of Wellington, in which district the tax shall be paid at any such post office as aforesaid, and at the office of the Property-Tax Commissioner, at the Government Buildings, Wellington.

J. SPERREY,
Property-Tax Commissioner.

Notice to Persons in whom is vested Ecclesiastical Authority over Religious Bodies.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 26th November, 1884.

THE attention of the persons or person within the Colony of New Zealand in whom is vested ecclesiastical authority over any of the religious bodies enumerated in the Schedule B annexed to an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” and of all other persons concerned, is directed to the eleventh section of the above-mentioned Act, requiring the several ecclesiastical authorities as aforesaid to send in to the Registrar-General a correct list, in the month of December in every year, of the Officiating Ministers within the meaning of “The Marriage Act, 1880,” of each of the said religious bodies.

The following are the religious bodies above referred to:—
The Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.
The Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Roman Catholic Church.
The Presbyterian Church of Otago and Southland.
The Wesleyan Methodist Society.
All Congregational Independents.
Baptists.
The Primitive Methodist Connexion.
The United Methodist Free Churches.
The Lutheran Church.
All Hebrew Congregations.
The Society of Friends.

In default of any person having ecclesiastical authority over any of the religious bodies named above, the name of the Officiating Minister of any congregation of such religious body may be certified to by two recognized office-holders thereof.

With respect to Ministers of Religion not connected with any of the aforesaid bodies, it is necessary that a certificate, signed by twenty-four householders resident in the district, declaring that such Minister is their Officiating Minister, the said certificate being attested by some person, verified by a declaration before a Justice of the Peace, shall be sent to the Registrar-General in the month of December in each year. The neglect in sending such last-named certificate will deprive the Minister of his status as an Officiating Minister under the Marriage Act.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Deputy Registrar-General.

N.B.—It is requested that the Christian names and the addresses of the several Ministers may be specified in the lists sent in to the Registrar-General.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 20th November, 1884.

PATENT for an Improvement or Improvements in preserving Meat.

MARMADUKE CLARKE, of Tomoana, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, Manager of Meat-preserving Works, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 17th day of February next, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 2nd day of February next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 1298.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 20th November, 1884.

PATENT for Improvements in Tram-car Motors.

JOHN DANKS, of Bourke Street West, Melbourne, Victoria, Brassfounder, and BENJAMIN BARNES, of Queen’s Terrace, South Melbourne, Victoria, Engineer, have deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 17th day of February next, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 2nd day of February next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 1299.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 20th November, 1884.

PATENT for Improvements in Grain-binding Harvesters (being a communication from WILLIAM R. BAKER and HENRY EDWARD PRIDMORE, of Chicago, in the County of Cook and State of Illinois, one of the United States of America).

EDWARD WATERS, of No. 87, Bourke Street West, Melbourne, Victoria, Patent Agent, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 17th day of February next, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 2nd day of February next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 1300.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 24th November, 1884.

PATENT for Fan-light Lock and Suspender.

THEODORE KENDELL WILLIAMS, of Commercial Road, Kingsland, Auckland, New Zealand, Wood-turner, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 19th day of February next, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 4th day of February next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 1301.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 24th November, 1884.

PATENT for an Invention for the saving of Gas, &c., to be called “Harford’s Automatic Gas Regulator.”

WALTER HARFORD, of 62, Queen Street, Auckland, New Zealand, Gas Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 19th day of February next, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent, to leave, on or before the 4th day of February next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 1302.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 25th November, 1884.

PATENT for Improvements in Metal Fencing.

WILLIAM BAYLISS, of the firm of Bayliss, Jones, and Bayliss, of Victoria Works, Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, England, Fencing Manufacturers, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 19th day of February next, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 4th day of February next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 1304.